Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-23

Ohio. The Knights Of Labor have thrown
the iron clad put after four years and 4; half.
The national convention OF iourneyman
bakers, in session in Chicago last week, re-
solved that hereafter eleven hours, III
Guiding meal-time, should be considered Il
DAVIS work. They ~unduimIouSiv agreed t0
unite with the Federation OF Trades.
The Knights Of Labor have declared wal
upon the Star Rubber Co, Of Trenton, n.
j., in retaliation for wholesale discharges
of Knights aud forcing employees tn sign
agreements not to strike or appeal for more
pay.
The Knights of Labor in British Column
hia have i~naugurated a general boycott
against Chinese labor. There are now over
20. 900 Cinnamon in that part of the coun-
try, who have practically driven white IL
Dor out of the market there.
The Journeymen TailOrs' Assembly OF
Boston, numbering 1000 members, will
leave the Knights of Labor and join the
American Confederation of Labor. Dur
ing the strike the X. ofL failed to support
them.
There is no change whatever in the
strike of Lorrillard Il Co 5 tobacco works,
and none of the $500 idle employees will
resume work. Efforts will be made to adj
lust the differences between the firm and
its employees, and it is believed that the
strike will be short lived.
The machimists of Hubbard K Co.'S fac
tory, PittSburg, employed in the axe de-
partment, have struck against Il reduction
| in time, or from ten To nine hours. The
men employed i'll the saw department made
the same demand, and it was granted. All
are now out.
EMPLOYEES of Liggett & Myers, tobacco
nists, st. Louis, nave been called out by the
X. of l.. The strikers say that n%On-uniOn
men are being substituted for Knights of
Labor: that men are being discharged TO
make place for girls at lower wages, and
that the company contemplated wholesale
reduction in wages, ranging from p Ia 80
per cent.
The brotherhood of Locomotive Fircmen
met in the Academy OF Music, Scranton,
Pa, on Monday. Delegates were present
from nearly every lodge in the United
States. Mayor RIPPLE delivered al address
ID welcome, and Frank z. Sergeant, of
Terre Haute, Ind, made an address on the
principles of the order. The motto Of the
organization, he said, was protection, char
ity, sobriety and industry. The Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen was organized
in Port Jervis, \. Y, in December, 1873.
At present there are $40 subordinate
lodges, with Z membership of 1908 fire
men.
The International Union Of MaSOns and
| Rricklayers met last Monday ut Washing
ton, d. c., Alexander Darragh, Of st.
| Louis, presiding. Over one hundred dele
Gates from all parts Of the country were
present, representing twenty-five thousand
members. Commissioner Webb welcomed
the delegates to the city in u brief speech.
The appointment of several committees
and an inconcluSive debate on the subject
of open and secret sessions took place.
Among the questions to come up for COLI
sideratiOn are the relations of the union to
the Knights of Labor and the hours of
daily labor.
Contracts will shortly be made with the
Baldwin locomotive works and other man
uracturcrs of rolling stock in Philadelphia
and vicinity for work amounting to over
81, 600, O00. EX-Mayor Grace, of New
York. and his brother Michael, represent
iug IN English syndicate, propose extend
ing the entire railroad system OF Peru, and
the rolling stock is designed for cquipping
the rOads. The GraccS have had large
experience on the west coast of South
America, and practically control the trade
from Panama to Valparaiso. Their bust
ness relations with the great financial
houses OF the world give them public facil-
tiles tor carrying the plan to Il successful
issue. The locomotives which the Bald
win works will construct will be of pecu-
liDr design, especially constructed for u n
ming up steep grades. Cars for freight
and passenger traffic will also be sent from
there, and will be constructed for the pc
culiaritieS Of that country and climate.